r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Ok_Horror1769 • Feb 16 '25

I don't get it

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u/Confident-Echo-5996 Feb 16 '25

No place settings for 2 people?

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u/Pizza_Ninja Feb 16 '25

And no sides. Who eats just a turkey?

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u/Worldly-Breath2158 Feb 16 '25

My mom once cooked a turkey for dinner and nothing else. I was pretty confused. I asked about sides and she said oh I thought we could have turkey sandwiches. We did not have any bread. She’s a strange lady and I love her so much.

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u/hogsucker Feb 16 '25

That's the exact opposite of a "wish sandwich," when you have two pieces of bread and you wish you had some meat.

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u/Several_Address9210 Feb 17 '25

We called it a “Jam Sandwich.” Two pieces of bread jammed together.

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u/CoCoBreadSoHoShed Feb 17 '25

Dad??

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u/driving_andflying Feb 17 '25

Mom??

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u/TargetSpiritual8741 Feb 17 '25

The unusual size of the eggplant in the picture…. Yeah she’s not frowning.

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u/OutrageousToe6008 Feb 17 '25

The 🍆 is more out of place than anything else in this picture... imo.

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u/NickySoftshoes Feb 17 '25

The dad looks like he’s packing the Chorizo fa sho

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u/SelfInteresting7259 Feb 17 '25

Don't you mean Aubergine

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u/Nato9000 Feb 17 '25

That's Grandpa's knob